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pavanvellanki
pavanvellanki
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College - Senior

The beauty of the countryside is one important aspect of this poem. How is this beauty captured in the poem?

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Posted by pavanvellanki on Monday August 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM and tagged with the solitary reaper, the solitary reaper by william wordsworth.

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  1. akannan Teacher
    Middle School

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    Wordsworth's love of nature and reverence of natural beauty is quite evident in this poem.  If we look at the first stanza, the opening of the poem represents the exposition of the poem, where the girl in the field stands alone.  Her solitary place in nature is what enhances the beauty of the song she sings.  If she were in a crowded city and around people, the meaning would be entirely lost.  Rather, the fact that she stands alone, standing in nature, allows her song to fill the natural world with its melody:  "O listen! for the Vale profound/ Is overflowing with the sound." (lines 7 and 8).  It is this natural setting that allows the song to be heard in both actuality and within the speaker's heart even after he leaves this setting, only reflective of how the solitary reaper has merged the beauty of her song with the beauty of the natural world.

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    Posted by akannan on Tuesday August 4, 2009 at 4:45 AM